Mouse Timer vs Itty Bitty Buggy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mouse Timer
This app visualizes time with a cute mouse eating apples, making it easier for children to grasp time duration. It functions as both an educational tool and a regular timer for daily use, offering a distraction-free experience.
- Visualized time with a mouse character
- Educational tool for children
- Normal timer for daily life
- Pause and resume functionality
- Notifications when time is up
- Customizable time choices
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Mouse Timer is a cute VISUALIZED TIMER for everyone who wants to measure and/or visualize the time, especially for kids who have hard time understanding the length of time. The app expresses the length of time with a cute little, greedy mouse gnawing on apples! Mouse Timer was developed from the request from teachers and parents of kids who attend LITALICO classrooms. *LITALICO classrooms are run by teachers and professors who specialize in kids development and education. Characteristics of this app: • This timer can be used not only as an educational tool but also as a normal timer for daily life. • You can use it for FREE. • NO Advertisements are displayed so there is no visual destruction and kids can use it safely. Main function: • Alarm can be set only by choosing the displayed time. • Choices of time can be reduced. • You can pause and resume the timer. • This app notifies you when the time comes even when you're not using the app. • White mouse will appear by in-app purchases. Please feel free to notify us! app-support@litalico.co.jp Hope you enjoy our app. Thank you!
Itty Bitty Buggy
Build and control various shapes for a virtual buggy. Offers five distinct styles and four control gameplay modes for interactive real-world play.
- Build various shapes
- Control buggy movement
- Five distinct styles
- Four control gameplay modes
- Interactive real-world play
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This is an app for Itty Bitty Buggy. By the building procedure, you can easily build a variety of shapes for Itty Bitty Buggy and control it to move. This app contains 5 kinds of small and powerful styles, and there are 4 kinds of control gameplay, so that you can interact with the real world and enjoy the game together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Itty Bitty Buggy at none against Mouse Timer's 1. Mouse Timer's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 44%) and rating (4.3 vs 3.9). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mouse Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Itty Bitty Buggy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mouse Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Mouse Timer's written reviews are positive against 44% of Itty Bitty Buggy's.
Mouse Timer ships an update monthly, Itty Bitty Buggy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mouse Timer | Itty Bitty Buggy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (79 ratings) — better | 3.9 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LITALICO Inc. | Microduino Inc. |
Customer experience
Mouse Timer
Itty Bitty Buggy
Bugs and requests
Mouse Timer
Reported bugs
5 issues- No sound on iPhone
- Call sound plays twice
- Notification bug where it won't close
- Timer doesn't start if the app is closed immediately after pressing the button
- App crashes after iOS update
Requested features
14 requests- Customizable time settings
- More preset time options (e.g., 45, 50 minutes)
- Ability to set time in 5-minute increments
- Horizontal screen support
- Option to change mouse color/character
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- Child lock feature
- Web version of the app
- Option to customize apple color or fruit choice
- Skip forward/backward functionality
- Timer continues past 0 to negative numbers
- Add sound for timer completion
- Vibration option for timer completion
- More sound options
- Add a feature for the mouse's belly to grow as it eats
Itty Bitty Buggy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mouse Timer
- White Mouse$0.99
Itty Bitty Buggy
No in-app purchases
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